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an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends
surprised by the width of his power and influence in the oil business
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Recent Examples of widths
The loafer comes in extended sizes and widths, too.
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Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The design featured an almond toe and two clear straps of differing widths that stretched across the foot, both adorned with pastel jewels.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Decisions on sidewalk and street widths, directionality and signal timing need to be determined by what is best for pedestrians, not by traffic engineers who inevitably favor the flow of cars and trucks.
—Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
The lidar system measures tree locations, heights, crown widths, and stem lengths, producing detailed three-dimensional models.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
The new shape is lighter, more lively and available in more lengths and widths.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Now street names, lines, and widths across the city will all be available on one consolidated official digital map.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
The book covers pocket, knee, crotch and belt loop repair techniques, taking in and expanding the waist, hemming, adjusting leg widths, transforming jeans to shorts and skirts, splicing.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Nov. 2025
Available in two widths, these faux leather boots have the brand’s signature Soft System cushioned footbed for all-day comfort, plus treaded rubber outsoles for grip.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
The design featured an almond toe and two clear straps of differing widths that stretched across the foot, both adorned with pastel jewels.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 21 Jan. 2026
Decisions on sidewalk and street widths, directionality and signal timing need to be determined by what is best for pedestrians, not by traffic engineers who inevitably favor the flow of cars and trucks.
—Mark Lamster
architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
The lidar system measures tree locations, heights, crown widths, and stem lengths, producing detailed three-dimensional models.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
The new shape is lighter, more lively and available in more lengths and widths.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Now street names, lines, and widths across the city will all be available on one consolidated official digital map.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
The book covers pocket, knee, crotch and belt loop repair techniques, taking in and expanding the waist, hemming, adjusting leg widths, transforming jeans to shorts and skirts, splicing.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Nov. 2025
Available in two widths, these faux leather boots have the brand’s signature Soft System cushioned footbed for all-day comfort, plus treaded rubber outsoles for grip.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widths
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First focal plane scopes with MRAD reticles rule the roost in PRS and other field match series.—
John B. Snow,
Outdoor Life,
15 Jan. 2026
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One white general contractor controls both major scopes of work.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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Early slayers often originate between realms—people who have been near death and pulled back, or have the markings of potential vampires, or who are born at times of the year when the veil between worlds is thin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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His talent for pulling music out of phase, bending instruments to his will and inspiring the room into new realms really pushed Maren and me to summon fresh melodies and new stories out of our writing.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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Additional states including Florida, Kansas, Indiana, Maryland, Utah, Illinois, and New York, have considered (to differing extents) the idea of updating their maps, Reuters reported.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The characters are all based, to different extents, on real people.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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The difference in low- and high-end ranges is vast in most southeast Michigan communities.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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That can include discovering new actors, assembling ensembles with a particular chemistry or managing large and complex casts across locations or age ranges.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Across research, several core psychological dimensions show up in how people relate to work.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Its dimensions were carefully calculated to fit the tunnels, bridges, and curves of the era, leaving no room for larger designs.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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Their clean collisions would allow more precise measurements of scattering amplitudes, making the FCC ultrasensitive to indirect signs of new physics.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Jan. 2026
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Second, the large amplitudes of the gravitational waves needed to generate the events that Weber was claiming a detection of would provide more energy than could possibly cosmically exist in any-and-all forms of radiation combined; the Universe as a whole ruled his interpretation out.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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